Members Q Steph Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 OTTAWA - A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday. Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence and assaulting the infant, who was rescued when her mother came home, the Charlottetown Guardian said. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the mother found the girl crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and hamburger meat. Hardy said he had left the door ajar but the mother said it had been closed when she returned. He told a court in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island on Thursday the child had only been in the freezer for about 40 seconds. Hardy, 21, who admitted to police that he had no real parenting skills to deal with a sick child, said he had noticed the girl was very hot and put a cool cloth on her face, but this had no effect. He then carried the girl outside into the night air but, frustrated that this also did not work and worried she might drown if placed in a cold bath, he put the baby into the kitchen freezer. She was wearing only an undershirt. A local doctor said the mother had described her baby as "crying, sobbing and terrified." The child spent several days in hospital to recover from first- and second-degree freezer burns on her head and torso. Hardy has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The baby's grandmother now has custody of the girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mason Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 Sheer idiocy doesn't even begin to describe this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweet_VeeVee24 Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 RIGHT ON!!! What is coming to this world? I swear, the older I seem to get (and mind you, I'm still very young), the dumber the new generation gets...and to top it all off, he has the nerve to utter the words, "Not guilty?" Man, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 Dear God. Can these people die? Or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaVell J. Lee Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 *rolls eyes* COMMON SENSE PPL! what the hell is wrong w/ these folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 Jesus christ. When I first read this story, I had to laugh just because of the sheer idiocity. His excuse is something you'd expect from like a 10 year old. What is the world coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daysfan Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 I am with everyone else: What is happening to this world? I mean, it seems as days go by there are just more and more lunatics and sick people out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bree Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 Stupid doesn't even begin to describe this nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KLN Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Thank God the baby survived! It could've turned out much worse. What an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jinxed Soul Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 S P E E C H L E S S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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